This verse seems to sum up all the dimensions at length, this gate, its porch, and thickness of its walls; and so sum the cubits, six in the thickness of the outer wall, eighteen in the three chambers, twenty in the spaces between the chambers, and six cubits in the thickness of the inner wall of the porch. read more
Narrow windows: these lights were made through the thickness of the wall of the chambers, and the wall was sloped for that purpose, both within toward the chamber, and without toward the cloister, this outward sloping gathering the light from without, and the inward sloping did disperse it over all the chamber; so they were windows narrowed inward, to the middle. The little chambers; the three on each side of the porch. To their posts; the upper lintel of each door, over which was a window to... read more
The outward court; so called in regard of the more inward court, between that where he was and the temple itself: this court here, called the outward court, was at least the second about the temple, as you go through the first and greatest court, or floor encompassed with that wall of one reed high, and one thick, through the second, which is the court of the people, and which probably is this in our text. There were chambers; not only lodging rooms for the priests, but also storehouses for... read more
The pavement; that mentioned Ezekiel 40:17. By the side of the gates; that part which lay on each side of the gate, and from thence spread itself towards the chambers, leaving a space of pavement of equal breadth with the porch, or gate in the middle. The length of the gates: this length was measured fifty cubits, Ezekiel 40:15, from the outside of the first wall to the outside of the inmost wall of the gate and porch, from which, on a pavement somewhat raised, as in other stately walks, this... read more
He measured the breadth of the whole ground between the inner front of one gate and porch, to the outer front of the next gate more inward to the temple. The lower gate; called so in respect to the next gate, which was on the higher ground, and into which the entrance was by stairs or steps. So the first of the fabric was the lowest, the last was the highest, and the middle gates were the one higher than the other, as in all buildings that stand upon such ascents. Unto the forefront; to the... read more
Now is this measurer giving account of the north gate of this outward court, in which is a most exact harmony with the measures, fashion, and ornaments of the east gate, so that nothing needs be here repeated; who would know all particulars of this gate may find them in the east gate. read more
The first gate; called, Ezekiel 40:22, east gate. The length thereof was fifty cubits: see Ezekiel 40:15. The breadth five and twenty cubits: see Ezekiel 40:13. read more
See Ezekiel 40:16. By seven steps: it is not said what number of stairs they went up to the east gate, but by this if appears they were seven steps in number, and it is said by some the form was semi-circular. The arches thereof, of this portico, the curious vaulted roof. Before them; within, or more inward than the steps or gate. read more
The gate, the north gate, of the inner court, or court of the priests. The gate toward the north; the north gate of the outer court, these were directly over each other. And toward the east: it is concise, but thus to be expressed fully: The east gate of the inner court was directly over against the east gate of the outer court, and equally distant from each other. read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 40:14
He made; measured, and thereby showed what kind of posts they should be. Posts of threescore cubits: if this might be interpreted by Cyrus’s edict for building this fabric sixty cubits high, it would be a clear confirmation of the Divine mission of the prophet, and the certainty of a future performance of the good he promised in God’s name, when it appears so evident that he had so long before declared to what height the building should be raised by license from Cyrus. But more like it is that... read more